This past week at StratCann, we looked at the cannabis industry’s contribution to Canada’s GDP, and once again explored the challenges many legal Canadian cannabis companies face on some social media platforms.
Canadian cannabis companies are among the many participating in an upcoming Team Canada trade mission to Australia, sponsored by Global Affairs Canada.
A city councillor in Calgary is looking to propose bylaw and business licence amendments to allow for cannabis to be sold at adult-only events, and licensed cannabis producers can now enter into a private label agreement with multiple retailers in Alberta for the same product or products.
Aurora signed a supply deal with SNDL, Cannabis Xpress will soon open a new location in Dalhousie, New Brunswick, the OCS issued a product recall notice, and the OCS & DiversityTalk will be hosting a Black History Month event in Toronto later this month.
In financial news, Aurora shared their Q3 2025 and Canopy also released their Q3 2025.
In other cannabis news
The Cannabis Program in the Cannabis, Tobacco and Controlled Substances Directorate (CTCSD) at Health Canada has shared a Cannabis Inspection Data Questionnaire.
Monthly retail sales ticked up a bit in November 2024.
Bromont is the second city in Quebec, after Sainte-Julie, where the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) will open its new “open-air” branch model. The SQDC currently lists 104 locations.
Organigram Holdings Inc. will report earnings results for its first quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended December 31, 2024, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, before markets open.
DYK that out of the over 145 Canadian cannabis licensed producers AGLC works with, 40 are from Alberta?
The monitor in Delta 9’s CCAA process has been authorized and directed to make distributions to SNDL Inc. in excess of $13.8 million.
Freedom Cannabis’s new monitor has booked Court time at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, for an application (among other things) for an Order approving a sale and investment solicitation process, approval of a stalking horse agreement, and an extension of the stay. Freedom also recently changed its monitor.
420 Investments Ltd. is seeking to extend the current CCAA stay period which is set to expire on February 25, 2025 up to and including March 31, 2025.
City council in Kitimat, British Columbia, has voted against a business application for a new cannabis store, against staff recommendations. The decision was driven by concerns that Kitimat’s two existing cannabis stores are enough for the small town of about 8,500 people.
The District of Kent Council in Agassiz, British Columbia, heard the thoughts of some area residents as council considered approving Agassiz’s first and only cannabis retail permit.
Local media spoke with Tyson Wall and Chad Chisan of Kush Mountain Craft Cannabis in Prince George, British Columbia.
Tilray Brands, Inc. has reached a settlement agreement regarding a securities class action lawsuit against its subsidiary, Aphria.
Cannabis research
A new study making the rounds in the media says the proportion of new cases of schizophrenia associated with a cannabis use disorder has risen from 4% pre-legalization to 10% after cannabis legalization in Ontario (2006 and 2022). The authors say the study does not settle ongoing debates about whether or not heavy cannabis use can cause schizophrenia but notes that heavy cannabis use does worsen symptoms.
Cannabis use is rising among expecting mothers in Ontario: a new study from McMaster University researchers fills this gap in knowledge and has uncovered potential risks. Research in California found warning signs on the subject posted at retailers were not effective.
A research team from the University of Toronto is now looking for volunteers in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario to help measure the long-term impacts of cannabis on oral health, especially on Indigenous populations.
International cannabis news
In a new series, NPR explores what consumers should know about the safety of the cannabis supply, especially regarding things like contaminant testing.
Amsterdam’s updated distance regulations for cannabis businesses were adopted by the city following a monthslong review. An ordinance modifying city code was adopted by the Common Council on Tuesday.
As France’s three-year medical cannabis trial program comes to an end later this year, Nadine Attal, head of the pain centre at the Ambroise-Paré hospital in Boulogne near Paris, is sounding the alarm over the hundreds of patients enrolled in the experiment who have benefited from medical cannabis but whose health is now being ignored.
And finally, Oregon’s cannabis industry is drowning in its own supply, reports Axios. According to a new state report, last year’s record-breaking harvest exacerbated an already oversaturated market and dropped consumer prices to their lowest ever.
